Synonyms for Brief:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • brief.
  •bluff (adjective)
  • out-spoken,
  • more plain spoken,
  • most breviloquent,
  • Plain-spoken,
  • more bearish,
  • plain spoken,
  • nononsense,
  • most plain-spoken,
  • heartiest,
  • most plain spoken,
  • more plain-spoken,
  • most bearish,
  • most blustering,
  • out spoken,
  • more blustering,
  • more breviloquent.
  •blunt (adjective)
  • matter of fact,
  • explicit,
  • matter-of-fact.
  •brusque (adjective)
  • un mannerly,
  • un-mannerly.
  •compendious (adjective)
  • synoptic,
  • compendiary.
  •concise (adjective)
  • incisive,
  • abrupt,
  • in a nutshell,
  • compact,
  • succinct,
  • terse,
  • epigrammatic,
  • sententious.
  •crisp (adjective)
  • most piquing,
  • clearcut,
  • more piquing.
  •crusty (adjective)
  • more snarling,
  • splenetic,
  • ill-humored,
  • most illhumored,
  • most ill-humored,
  • more illhumored,
  • more ill-humored,
  • snappish,
  • illhumored,
  • most vinegary,
  • shorttempered,
  • short tempered,
  • more ill humored,
  • most splenetic,
  • more splenetic,
  • most snarling,
  • ill humored,
  • most ill humored,
  • more vinegary,
  • most crabbed.
  •cursory (adjective)
  • most half-assed,
  • un critical,
  • more half assed,
  • shallower,
  • half baked,
  • most halfassed,
  • most depthless,
  • more halfassed,
  • half assed,
  • more half-assed,
  • un-critical,
  • hit miss,
  • more depthless,
  • most half assed,
  • halfassed,
  • halfbaked.
  •curt (adjective)
  • un-gracious,
  • peremptory,
  • un gracious.
  •ephemeral (adjective)
  • episodic,
  • un enduring,
  • impermanent,
  • more unenduring,
  • un-enduring,
  • most unenduring.
  •evanescent (adjective)
  • most disappearing,
  • dis-appearing,
  • more disappearing,
  • evanescent,
  • dis appearing.
  •fly-by-night (adjective)
  • more here today gone tomorrow,
  • un-professional,
  • un professional,
  • un-sure,
  • slimier,
  • not be relied up on,
  • more here-today-gone-tomorrow,
  • not be relied upon,
  • un reliable,
  • most cowboy,
  • here-today-gone-tomorrow,
  • un-reliable,
  • most here today gone tomorrow,
  • here today gone tomorrow,
  • more trustless,
  • more cowboy,
  • dis reputable,
  • un-dependable,
  • fly by night,
  • most trustless,
  • un sure,
  • not to be relied up on,
  • most here-today-gone-tomorrow,
  • dis-reputable,
  • un dependable,
  • un-trustworthy,
  • not be trusted.
  •fugacious (adjective)
  • fugacious.
  •fugitive (adjective)
  • on the lam,
  • Escaping,
  • lamster,
  • running away,
  • wanted.
  •hasty (adjective)
  • headlong,
  • harefooted,
  • slambang,
  • chop-chop.
  •hurried (adjective)
  • hectic,
  • Subitaneous,
  • more subitaneous,
  • most subitaneous.
  •little (adjective)
  • minute,
  • delicate,
  • junior,
  • low,
  • paltry,
  • snubber,
  • Toyer,
  • scanty,
  • shrimpy,
  • narrow,
  • smallish,
  • puny,
  • wee,
  • under-sized,
  • small,
  • not large,
  • few,
  • tiny,
  • meager,
  • not big,
  • mini,
  • least,
  • diminutive,
  • hardly any.
  •precipitous/precipitate (adjective)
  • harum scarum,
  • gone off halfcocked,
  • gone off half cocked,
  • gone half cocked,
  • off the hip,
  • un-expected,
  • harumscarum,
  • gone half-cocked,
  • un expected,
  • more unanticipated,
  • off the top head,
  • un controlled,
  • in discreet,
  • off top head,
  • un anticipated,
  • gone halfcocked,
  • off hip,
  • jump gun,
  • un-controlled,
  • un-anticipated,
  • most unanticipated,
  • most precipitate,
  • un foreseen,
  • in-discreet,
  • un-foreseen,
  • off the top of head.
  •quick (adjective)
  • quickest,
  • instantaneous,
  • more expeditive,
  • lead out,
  • post haste,
  • Expeditive,
  • post-haste,
  • most expeditive.
  •rough (adjective)
  • in-delicate,
  • un-refined,
  • un tutored,
  • un-pleasant,
  • un-cultured,
  • un couth,
  • un-just,
  • un-tutored,
  • un cultured,
  • most untutored,
  • illmannered,
  • in decorous,
  • ill mannered,
  • in-elegant,
  • un feeling,
  • un-couth,
  • un cultivated,
  • un juster,
  • un-justest,
  • in delicate,
  • untutored,
  • un refined,
  • un pleasant,
  • un-juster,
  • un justest,
  • more untutored,
  • un just,
  • in elegant,
  • un-cultivated,
  • in-decorous.
  •sententious (adjective)
  • most moralistic,
  • moralistic,
  • more moralistic.
  •short (adjective)
  • abridged,
  • Unsustained,
  • runty,
  • petite,
  • shortest,
  • picayune,
  • condensed,
  • cut to bone,
  • not protracted,
  • clipped,
  • cut to the bone,
  • unprolonged,
  • stumpy,
  • squat.
  •short, compressed (adjective)
  • boiled down.
  •short-lived (adjective)
  • more short run,
  • more short haul,
  • more deciduous,
  • gone a heartbeat,
  • most short-haul,
  • shorthaul,
  • shortlived,
  • gone heartbeat,
  • over in heartbeat,
  • more shortrun,
  • most short-run,
  • over heartbeat,
  • more short-haul,
  • most shortrun,
  • over a heartbeat,
  • gone in heartbeat,
  • most short run,
  • more shorthaul,
  • short run,
  • short lived,
  • most short haul,
  • most deciduous,
  • short haul,
  • more short-run,
  • shortrun,
  • most shorthaul.
  •short-range (adjective)
  • tactical.
  •short-spoken (adjective)
  • short spoken,
  • shortspoken.
  •short-term (adjective)
  • short term,
  • shortterm.
  •short and sweet (adjective)
  • short sweet.
  •short in time (adjective)
  • passing,
  • fleeting,
  • momentary.
  •snippy (adjective)
  • sharp tongued,
  • sharptongued.
  •summary (adjective)
  • most run-through,
  • more run through,
  • more rehashed,
  • re hashed,
  • most compacted,
  • recapped,
  • most runthrough,
  • most recapped,
  • re-hashed,
  • re-capped,
  • re capped,
  • more compacted,
  • more runthrough,
  • more run-through,
  • most rehashed,
  • most run through,
  • more recapped.
  •temporary (adjective)
  • more bandaid,
  • pro visional,
  • most overnight,
  • un fixed,
  • provisory,
  • most band-aid,
  • more make do,
  • most bandaid,
  • most shifting,
  • more makedo,
  • more band aid,
  • suppliest,
  • more overnight,
  • makedo,
  • more make-do,
  • more band-aid,
  • temp,
  • over-night,
  • for time being,
  • most band aid,
  • most unfixed,
  • most make-do,
  • more unfixed,
  • bandaid,
  • most makedo,
  • un-fixed,
  • most make do.
  •thumbnail (adjective)
  • to point.
  •transient (adjective)
  • volatile,
  • temporal,
  • fickle,
  • mortal,
  • flickering,
  • shifting,
  • rootless,
  • flasher,
  • mutable,
  • restless,
  • fading,
  • changeable,
  • Flitting.

• n.

  •
  • account,
  • overview,
  • slight,
  • round up.
  •
  • epitomize,
  • abridge,
  • tell,
  • summarize,
  • let someone know,
  • recapitulate,
  • deliver,
  • give someone to understand (that).
  •
  • prepare.
  •
  • flying,
  • swift.
  •
  • briefing,
  • words,
  • instructions,
  • lean,
  • directions,
  • style.
  •
  • attitude.
  •abridgement (noun)
  • de-crease,
  • de crease,
  • out lines,
  • out line,
  • out-lines,
  • de-creases,
  • de creases,
  • out-line.
  •brief (noun)
  • short,
  • abbreviated,
  • legal brief.
  •catalog/catalogue (noun)
  • re cord,
  • re cords,
  • re-cord,
  • re-cords.
  •compendium (noun)
  • over-views,
  • over-view,
  • sylloges,
  • over view,
  • over views.
  •condensation (noun)
  • boildowns.
  •description (noun)
  • de-lineations,
  • re citations,
  • de-tail,
  • re-presentations,
  • blow by blows,
  • in formations,
  • de lineations,
  • in-formation,
  • de lineation,
  • re presentations,
  • recountals,
  • re-citations,
  • summarizations,
  • in-formations,
  • de tail,
  • de-lineation,
  • re-citation,
  • re presentation,
  • re citation.
  •digest (noun)
  • short forms.
  •epitome (noun)
  • re capitulation,
  • re capitulations,
  • re-capitulation,
  • re-capitulations.
  •explanation (noun)
  • ex-planations,
  • dis-play,
  • dis plays,
  • re solutions,
  • ex planation,
  • de tails,
  • ex-position,
  • ex planations,
  • re-solutions,
  • re-solution,
  • ex-positions,
  • de-tails,
  • ex ample,
  • dis-plays,
  • ex-ample,
  • ex-planation,
  • dis play.
  •explication (noun)
  • ex plication,
  • ex-plication,
  • ex-plications,
  • ex plications.
  •familiarize (noun)
  • Familiarize.
  •fill in (noun)
  • fill.
  •list (noun)
  • lineup,
  • checklist,
  • listings,
  • screed,
  • checklists,
  • memorandum,
  • lexicon,
  • screeds.
  •news conference (noun)
  • question and answer session.
  •news flash (noun)
  • newsbreaks,
  • news bulletins,
  • news-flash.
  •publication (noun)
  • periodical,
  • journalism,
  • herald,
  • announcement,
  • organ,
  • newsletter,
  • journal,
  • bulletin,
  • advertisement,
  • propaganda,
  • newspaper,
  • newsmagazine,
  • promotion,
  • review,
  • gazette,
  • dissemination,
  • commercial,
  • promulgation,
  • notice,
  • publication,
  • handbill,
  • circular.
  •recap (noun)
  • RE-CAP.
  •report (noun)
  • communique,
  • communiques,
  • telegram,
  • tidings,
  • hot wire,
  • write up.
  •run-through (noun)
  • runthrough.
  •summary (noun)
  • re hashes,
  • sum substances,
  • long short of it,
  • re-hash,
  • ex tract,
  • ex-tracts,
  • re hash,
  • re-views,
  • re views,
  • wrapup,
  • sum and substances,
  • wrap-ups,
  • re-hashes,
  • re-view,
  • re view,
  • wrap ups,
  • wrapups,
  • sum substance,
  • long and short it,
  • long short it,
  • ex-tract.
  •summing-up (noun)
  • summingup.

• v.

  •advise (verb)
  • confer,
  • caution,
  • warn,
  • advocate,
  • suggest,
  • recommend,
  • prompt,
  • counsel,
  • cue,
  • direct,
  • admonish,
  • guide,
  • encourage,
  • consult,
  • advise.
  •disclose (verb)
  • express,
  • communicate,
  • broadcast,
  • testify,
  • disclose,
  • advertise,
  • proclaim,
  • disseminate,
  • unmask,
  • uncloak,
  • reveal,
  • announce,
  • declare,
  • confess,
  • divulge,
  • exhibit,
  • assert.
  •educate (verb)
  • ex plaining,
  • show ropes,
  • ex-plains,
  • co aching,
  • co-ached,
  • drum in to,
  • ex-plain,
  • letting in on,
  • showing ropes,
  • letted in on,
  • putting hip,
  • putting through the grind,
  • shows the ropes,
  • puts hip,
  • lets in on,
  • putting through grind,
  • ex plained,
  • ex-plaining,
  • co-aching,
  • showed the ropes,
  • ex plains,
  • shows ropes,
  • co ached,
  • ex-plained,
  • showed ropes,
  • showing the ropes,
  • puts through grind,
  • puts through the grind,
  • ex plain.
  •enlighten (verb)
  • dis-closing,
  • causes to understand,
  • up-dating,
  • pre ached,
  • up dating,
  • up-dated,
  • gave lowdown,
  • up-lifts,
  • giving word,
  • giving lowdown,
  • caused to understand,
  • up-lifting,
  • in spirit,
  • re-veal,
  • gives the word,
  • dis closed,
  • in-spirited,
  • up-date,
  • gives the lowdown,
  • putting to,
  • up dated,
  • putting on to,
  • cause understand,
  • in spiriting,
  • re veals,
  • up lifts,
  • caused understand,
  • giving the word,
  • pre-ached,
  • giving the lowdown,
  • in-spirit,
  • puts to,
  • up-lifted,
  • causes understand,
  • dis closing,
  • re-veals,
  • up lifting,
  • dis-closes,
  • up dates,
  • gives word,
  • in spirited,
  • give lowdown,
  • gave the word,
  • opens up,
  • up lifted,
  • gave the lowdown,
  • causing understand,
  • dis close,
  • puts on to,
  • dis-close,
  • in-spirits,
  • causing to understand,
  • in-spiriting,
  • co unselling,
  • up-dates,
  • co-unselling,
  • up-lift,
  • dis-closed,
  • pre-aching,
  • up lift,
  • pre aching,
  • dis closes,
  • up date,
  • gave word,
  • gives lowdown.
  •inform (verb)
  • end owed,
  • giving a pointer,
  • in forms,
  • makes conversant with,
  • gave a pointer,
  • in-vest,
  • letting know,
  • in forming,
  • giving a tip,
  • in spire,
  • end-owing,
  • give tip,
  • gave a tip,
  • gives a pointer,
  • in-spiring,
  • tells on,
  • giving pointer,
  • in-vests,
  • in formed,
  • be-tray,
  • lets know,
  • in spiring,
  • re late,
  • be tray,
  • in spired,
  • fore warn,
  • be trays,
  • making conversant with,
  • gives tip,
  • in-forming,
  • sent word,
  • in-spires,
  • giving two cents,
  • in vested,
  • end owing,
  • told on,
  • gave pointer,
  • in spires,
  • fore-warn,
  • letted know,
  • in-forms,
  • made conversant with,
  • fore warns,
  • in form,
  • gives a tip,
  • in vest,
  • gives pointer,
  • fore warned,
  • in-vested,
  • in-spire,
  • be-trays,
  • in-vesting,
  • giving tip,
  • in-spired,
  • re-lated,
  • sends word,
  • in-formed,
  • gives two cents,
  • end-owed,
  • fore-warning,
  • gave tip,
  • telling on,
  • in vests,
  • in-form,
  • sending word,
  • gave two cents,
  • fore-warned,
  • fore-warns.
  •inform of facts (verb)
  • edify,
  • give rundown,
  • explain,
  • orient,
  • show the lay of the land,
  • fill in.
  •initiate (verb)
  • in-ducted,
  • in ducting,
  • in duct,
  • in-stating,
  • in-states,
  • in-duct,
  • in stating,
  • in ducted,
  • in state,
  • intro-duce,
  • in states,
  • intro-duces,
  • in stated,
  • intro duces,
  • in-ducting,
  • intro duce,
  • in ducts,
  • in-stated,
  • in-ducts,
  • in-state.
  •instruct (verb)
  • breaking to,
  • broke to,
  • cluing in,
  • clues in,
  • keeps posted,
  • breaks to,
  • break to,
  • wising up,
  • gives lessons,
  • broke it to,
  • gave lessons,
  • keeping posted,
  • brake to,
  • breaks it to,
  • wises up,
  • brake it to,
  • breaking it to,
  • giving lessons.
  •justify (verb)
  • de-fended,
  • did justice to,
  • up holding,
  • are answerable for,
  • dost justice to,
  • de-fends,
  • speaking favor,
  • up-holds,
  • de fend,
  • speaks in favor,
  • up-holding,
  • makes good,
  • making allowances,
  • re butting,
  • does justice to,
  • de fends,
  • apologizing for,
  • being answerable for,
  • art answerable for,
  • re-butting,
  • makes allowances,
  • speaking in favor,
  • speak favor,
  • shows cause,
  • re butted,
  • made allowances,
  • didst justice to,
  • spake favor,
  • doing justice to,
  • spake in favor,
  • up-hold,
  • de-fending,
  • apologizes for,
  • stands up for,
  • spoke in favor,
  • cop plea,
  • doth justice to,
  • speaks favor,
  • de fended,
  • standing up for,
  • spoke favor,
  • showed cause,
  • were answerable for,
  • wert answerable for,
  • up held,
  • argues for,
  • up hold,
  • de fending,
  • showing cause,
  • wast answerable for,
  • doest justice to,
  • am answerable for,
  • was answerable for,
  • apologized for,
  • is answerable for,
  • re-butted,
  • up holds,
  • up-held,
  • doeth justice to,
  • de-fend,
  • argued for.
  •notify (verb)
  • de-briefs,
  • de briefs,
  • de clares,
  • re-ported,
  • de-clare,
  • de clare,
  • pro claimed,
  • de brief,
  • de-brief,
  • de-clares,
  • de briefing,
  • tele phone,
  • tele-phoning,
  • makes known,
  • pro-claims,
  • de-briefed,
  • tele-phones,
  • pro-claiming,
  • pro claiming,
  • ex pressing,
  • de-briefing,
  • pro claims,
  • ex-pressing,
  • tele-phoned,
  • re porting,
  • tele phones,
  • pro claim,
  • re-porting,
  • ex press,
  • re ported,
  • ex pressed,
  • de briefed,
  • tele-phone,
  • ex-press,
  • tele phoning,
  • tele phoned.
  •post (verb)
  • apprive,
  • puts wise to,
  • apprived,
  • apprives,
  • putting wise to,
  • appriving.
  •prime (verb)
  • makes ready,
  • re-hearse,
  • ex-cited,
  • innervating,
  • ex cite,
  • re hearses,
  • in-nervate,
  • in nervate,
  • innervated,
  • ex-cites,
  • re-hearses,
  • ex citing,
  • ex-cite,
  • innervates,
  • ex cited,
  • ex cites.
  •publish (verb)
  • publish,
  • promulgate,
  • propagandize,
  • circulate,
  • promote.
  •ready (verb)
  • getting set,
  • re adies,
  • pro vides,
  • psychs up,
  • pro-vided,
  • pave way,
  • pro-vides,
  • re-adies,
  • paved way,
  • gotten set,
  • gat set,
  • gearing up,
  • gat ready,
  • got set,
  • paves the way,
  • pro viding,
  • paved the way,
  • paving the way,
  • psyching up,
  • gears up,
  • fits out,
  • pro vided,
  • pro vide,
  • pro-viding,
  • paving way,
  • gotten ready,
  • paves way,
  • gets ready,
  • pro-vide,
  • gets set.
  •spell out (verb)
  • un-ravelled,
  • de ciphered,
  • un raveled,
  • de scribes,
  • ex-pounded,
  • went into detail,
  • putting plain english,
  • broke down,
  • going into detail,
  • throwing light up on,
  • throwing light upon,
  • de fined,
  • de-ciphering,
  • un tangle,
  • de-fined,
  • de-ciphers,
  • ex pounded,
  • draw map,
  • de scribed,
  • fills someone in,
  • goes in to detail,
  • drawing map,
  • de-scribe,
  • de-scribed,
  • trans-lated,
  • un folded,
  • made plain,
  • de-scribing,
  • went in to detail,
  • un-ravelling,
  • trans late,
  • un-ravel,
  • makes plain,
  • filled someone in,
  • puts across,
  • un folding,
  • un ravels,
  • ex pounds,
  • ex-pounding,
  • brake down,
  • throws light up on,
  • un-fold,
  • un-raveling,
  • un folds,
  • de-scribes,
  • de-fine,
  • drawing a map,
  • throws light upon,
  • de-fines,
  • un fold,
  • breaks down,
  • de cipher,
  • de ciphers,
  • go in to detail,
  • de codes,
  • un-tangling,
  • de-coded,
  • throw light up on,
  • un-ravels,
  • un-folds,
  • putting in plain english,
  • de fine,
  • puts plain english,
  • ex-pounds,
  • putting across,
  • un ravelled,
  • de-code,
  • de code,
  • un-raveled,
  • de fining,
  • de fines,
  • un ravel,
  • making plain,
  • un tangled,
  • un ravelling,
  • de-ciphered,
  • drew map,
  • filling someone in,
  • drew a map,
  • goes into detail,
  • draws map,
  • ex pound,
  • de coding,
  • draws a map,
  • un-folding,
  • de-coding,
  • ex-pound,
  • puts in plain english,
  • put plain english,
  • un raveling,
  • un-tangled,
  • un-tangle,
  • de coded,
  • de-fining,
  • threw light upon,
  • ex pounding,
  • de-cipher,
  • threw light up on,
  • de ciphering,
  • going in to detail,
  • un-folded,
  • de-codes,
  • de scribing,
  • de scribe.
  •teach (verb)
  • improved mind,
  • gives facts,
  • gives the facts,
  • pre pared,
  • improves mind,
  • gives instruction,
  • pounded in to,
  • gave facts,
  • giving facts,
  • improving mind,
  • gave the facts,
  • pre paring,
  • pro-fesses,
  • polishing up,
  • pounds in to,
  • giving instruction,
  • pro-fess,
  • pounding into,
  • pounded into,
  • opens eyes,
  • giving the facts,
  • pounding in to,
  • polishes up,
  • pro fesses,
  • pre pare,
  • pre-pared,
  • pound in to,
  • pre pares,
  • opened eyes,
  • pounds into,
  • opening eyes,
  • gave instruction,
  • pro fess,
  • polished up,
  • pre-paring,
  • pre-pare.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • proviso,
  • itchy,
  • washable,
  • tight-fitting,
  • off-the-rack,
  • signify,
  • relay,
  • dressy,
  • double-breasted,
  • let down,
  • ill-fitting,
  • spring on,
  • transmit,
  • open-necked,
  • formal,
  • seamless,
  • enlarge on,
  • living will,
  • service contract,
  • boot-cut,
  • floating,
  • erratic,
  • trundle out,
  • homespun,
  • casual,
  • full,
  • alert,
  • skittish,
  • summons,
  • Guidelines,
  • protean,
  • propagate,
  • ruched,
  • skinny,
  • awhile,
  • oversized,
  • roomy,
  • tell of,
  • light,
  • Plunging,
  • seamed,
  • turbulent,
  • permanent press,
  • quickly,
  • interim,
  • knee-length,
  • negotiable,
  • affidavit,
  • impart,
  • lined,
  • restraining order,
  • strapless,
  • best,
  • off-the-peg,
  • peaked,
  • inconstant,
  • rolled-up,
  • escape clause,
  • semipermanent,
  • snug,
  • sartorial,
  • Jackie-O,
  • full-length,
  • thermal,
  • patent,
  • strappy,
  • decollete,
  • designer,
  • uncertain,
  • cool,
  • criminal record,
  • sporty,
  • ephemera,
  • convertible,
  • skimpy,
  • volunteer,
  • pepper,
  • made-to-measure,
  • unlined,
  • skintight,
  • one-piece,
  • informal,
  • sleeveless,
  • abbreviation,
  • zip up,
  • tailored,
  • Starched,
  • report back,
  • backless,
  • Hooded,
  • loose-fitting,
  • conservative,
  • comfortable,
  • throwaway,
  • weatherproof,
  • sensible,
  • raglan,
  • preshrunk,
  • tight,
  • smart,
  • hammer into,
  • testament,
  • escrow,
  • drip-dry,
  • terms of reference,
  • fluid,
  • Clingy,
  • machine-washable,
  • codicil,
  • waterproof,
  • momentarily,
  • baggy,
  • tenuous,
  • button-down,
  • flame-retardant,
  • tailor-made,
  • plus-size,
  • taciturn,
  • petition,
  • voluminous,
  • kaleidoscopic,
  • put onto,
  • button-through,
  • straight,
  • single-breasted,
  • waiver,
  • adjustable,
  • sloppy,
  • provisional,
  • briefly,
  • A-LINE,
  • prim,
  • drum into,
  • transitional,
  • drill into,
  • loose,
  • unfashionable,
  • low-cut,
  • prissy,
  • sketch in,
  • ready-to-wear,
  • caretaker,
  • revealing,
  • subpoena,
  • zippered,
  • close-fitting,
  • easy-care,
  • heavy,
  • padded,
  • modest,
  • slimming,
  • brevity.
  •
  • variable,
  • wraparound,
  • reading,
  • abridgment,
  • deed,
  • will,
  • share,
  • section,
  • break,
  • reversible,
  • lay on,
  • instruction,
  • point out,
  • snappy,
  • elaborate,
  • elastic.
  •
  • silent,
  • say,
  • expeditious,
  • give,
  • covenant,
  • state,
  • process,
  • rapid,
  • speedy,
  • gruff.
  •
  • article,
  • demonstration,
  • economical,
  • term.
  •
  • quiet,
  • bond,
  • pass.
  •
  • quick.
  •
  • direction,
  • fast.
  •
  • order.
  •acquaint
  • familiarize with.
  •apprise
  • tipped off,
  • tipping off,
  • filled in,
  • tip off,
  • tips off.
  •post
  • posting,
  • put wise to.
  •teach
  • polish up,
  • improve mind,
  • pound into,
  • give instruction,
  • open eyes,
  • give facts.
  •Other relevant words:
  • encapsulation,
  • propose,
  • imperceptible,
  • employ,
  • capsule,
  • abbreviate,
  • speechless,
  • stand for,
  • niggling,
  • brisk,
  • squabby,
  • opinion,
  • here today,
  • close,
  • promptly,
  • attorney,
  • plan,
  • in short,
  • delineate,
  • coarsely,
  • to sum up,
  • indisposed to talk,
  • Compend,
  • dumb,
  • gnomic,
  • meddle,
  • train,
  • distillate,
  • exact,
  • humble,
  • skeleton,
  • extract,
  • Curtailed,
  • design,
  • sketchy,
  • rundown,
  • frenetic,
  • summarily,
  • Leagued,
  • argument,
  • coach,
  • information,
  • dossier,
  • mediocre,
  • hire,
  • annual,
  • oblate,
  • summing up,
  • sum,
  • hardscrabble,
  • bring word,
  • ought to,
  • drawing,
  • monosyllabic,
  • closemouthed,
  • dismissive,
  • piddling,
  • insufficient,
  • airmanship,
  • adapt,
  • impetuous,
  • define,
  • sign up for,
  • concisely,
  • directive,
  • compressed,
  • soon,
  • tight-lipped,
  • hit the high spots,
  • ACTA,
  • telegraphic,
  • offhandedly,
  • prescribe,
  • perfunctory,
  • snappily,
  • sign up,
  • reserve,
  • job,
  • describe,
  • accounting,
  • dumpy,
  • pruned,
  • assignment,
  • around,
  • elliptical,
  • approximately,
  • head,
  • lowercase,
  • drawer,
  • rudely,
  • decurtate,
  • shortening,
  • rough in,
  • spartan,
  • advice,
  • reserved,
  • outlines,
  • in brief,
  • mum,
  • catalogue raisonne,
  • squab,
  • speedily,
  • trace,
  • leave word,
  • rather,
  • speak,
  • trivial,
  • rapidly,
  • give the facts,
  • minutes,
  • mention,
  • kibitz,
  • shorn,
  • wakeful,
  • docked,
  • sketch out,
  • slightly,
  • mute,
  • pointed,
  • expeditiously,
  • shape,
  • case,
  • syllabus,
  • flashing,
  • retrousse,
  • suddenly,
  • Distilled,
  • surly,
  • advertise of,
  • minimal,
  • harshly,
  • proceedings,
  • roughly,
  • tally,
  • high-speed,
  • serve notice,
  • book,
  • chunky,
  • going,
  • run through,
  • Preengage,
  • in case,
  • limited,
  • moderate,
  • abrege,
  • sketch,
  • cometary,
  • fine,
  • rubric,
  • flash,
  • return,
  • tutor,
  • discourteously,
  • elfin,
  • round-up,
  • engage,
  • mission,
  • precipitate,
  • data,
  • scrimp,
  • transactions,
  • represent,
  • clause,
  • appear for,
  • develop,
  • gone tomorrow,
  • yearbook,
  • textbook,
  • tersely,
  • bespeak,
  • line,
  • dwarf,
  • rude,
  • verse,
  • Stubbed,
  • recapitulation,
  • briskly,
  • stubby,
  • Glancing,
  • epitomise,
  • undetailed,
  • meteoric,
  • Abbreviatory,
  • answer for,
  • smooth,
  • tip,
  • returns,
  • Confederated,
  • extemporaneous,
  • lacking,
  • aphoristic,
  • synopsize,
  • expose,
  • in summary,
  • fit,
  • haste,
  • crudely,
  • thickset,
  • washout,
  • slenderly,
  • superficial,
  • telescoped,
  • charge,
  • slapdash,
  • present,
  • heads,
  • statement of case,
  • thumbnail sketch,
  • cogent,
  • analysis,
  • petty,
  • feverish,
  • Knicker,
  • rule,
  • incomplete,
  • expiring,
  • commission,
  • draft,
  • tongue-tied,
  • neat,
  • submit,
  • condense,
  • succinctly,
  • capsulize,
  • violently,
  • draught,
  • recruit,
  • SUMMA,
  • excerpt,
  • statement,
  • summarise,
  • abridgement,
  • Close-tongued,
  • minuscule,
  • breakneck,
  • operation,
  • resume,
  • in a word,
  • truncated,
  • apothegmatic,
  • fill-in,
  • frantic,
  • acquaint,
  • chalk out,
  • census report,
  • pithy,
  • off the peg,
  • ACCOUNT RENDERED,
  • trenchant,
  • Abbreviature,
  • contention,
  • pug,
  • untalkative,
  • survey,
  • qualified,
  • debrief,
  • stocky,
  • abruptly,
  • quaint,
  • give directions,
  • rough out,
  • defense,
  • pocket,
  • midget,
  • block in,
  • accelerated,
  • ready,
  • take on,
  • teach,
  • shorten,
  • run-down,
  • synopsized,
  • guidebook,
  • fleet,
  • cut,
  • swiftly,
  • contract,
  • wordless,
  • miniscule,
  • in sum,
  • draughtsman,
  • shortly,
  • remote,
  • be deficient,
  • younger,
  • sign on,
  • consolidation,
  • vanishing,
  • retain,
  • disappearing,
  • shortened,
  • sharp,
  • block out,
  • piffling,
  • note,
  • weensy,
  • precipitously,
  • brusquely,
  • groom,
  • give notice,
  • harsh,
  • flight plan,
  • guideline,
  • slipping away,
  • record,
  • contracted,
  • sudden,
  • readily,
  • picture,
  • truncate,
  • rushed,
  • footling,
  • Curtate,
  • draughty,
  • unclouded,
  • particulars,
  • contents,
  • conspectus,
  • recommendation,
  • pregnant,
  • curtal,
  • aposiopestic,
  • drill,
  • concentrated,
  • elliptic,
  • firm,
  • conveyance,
  • panty,
  • consult with.

Paraphrases for Brief:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    briefing, terse.
  • Proper noun, singular
    briefing, briefings.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    briefing.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    little, tight, slight, limited, short-duration, short-form, forthcoming, dossier, minor, summary, near, immediate, condensed, early, tiny, sketchy.
  • Proper noun, singular
    remarks, annotations, highlights, merits, facts, grades, SDS, BREF, summary, Summaries.
  • Noun, plural
    disclosures, banknotes, annotations, grades.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    coordinates, highlights, dossier, summary.
  • Verb, past tense
    Wrote, Told, Notified.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    updating, communicating, telling, Notifying, alerting.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    follows, provides.
  • Verb, base form
    requested, apprise, tell.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    short-lived, Simpler, abbreviated, cursory, fleeting, few, abridged, small, ephemeral, transient, straightforward, simple, temporary, concise.
  • Proper noun, singular
    briefs, concise.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    nutshell, brevity, memoir, simple, concise.
  • Verb, past tense
    debriefed.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    debriefing.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    submissions.
  • Verb, base form
    summary, acquaint.

Antonyms for Brief:

• adj.

  • short, compressed
    huge, expansive, wordy, enormous, long-winded, long-lived, long, important, indefinite, kind, benevolent, lengthy, large, immense, big.
  • short in time
    sluggish, permanent, slow.
  • Other antonyms:
    eternal, enlarged, lifelong, immortal, windy, Indefectible, perpetual, imperishable, repetitious, prolonged, lasting, embellished, indestructible, verbose, endless, deathless, redundant, longish, persistent, enduring, inflated, interminable, ceaseless, everlasting, protracted, Tautologous, dateless, timeless, tautological, embroidered, durable, Overlong, expanded, undying, unending, long-range, continuing, great, exaggerated.

• v.

  • inform of facts
    secret, hide, neglect.

Hypernym for Brief:

• n.

  • communication
    amicus curiae brief.

Hyponym for Brief:

• n.

  • communication
    legal document, abstract, outline, official document, synopsis, legal instrument, instrument, precis.

• v.

  • communication
    instruct, apprise, apprize.